Combined suit support and pressing device



March 1o, 1925. 1,529,128

R. HARTWIG COMBINED SUIT SUPPORT AND PRESSING DEVICE Filed April l5, 1922 Patented Mar. 10, 1925.

UNITED STATES ROBERT HARTWIG, 0F LOS ANGELES` CALIFORNIA.

COMBINED SUIT SIUPORT AND PBESSING Application tiled April 15, 1922. Serial No. 553,301.

7 '0 all whom if may concern:

Be it known that I, Bonner HARTWIQ, a citizen of the United States. residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in vCombined Suit Supports and Pressing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined ,Suit support and pressing device.

An object of the present invention 1s to provide a device which will concurrently serve for the purpose of supporting and pressing coats and trousers vof a suit. It is also an object to provide a` device for pressing pieces of wearing apparel, such for instance as neckties, and which is constructed and arranged to he attached to the suit pressing means if desired.

A further object is to provide a suit pressing means of extremely simple and substantial construction and which can be readily arranged in .e'ective pressing position and from which the .clothes may be readily removed when desired.

One embodiment of the invention is herein described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front ,elevation of a device showing a coat and a pair of trousers in dotted lines applied to the device and arranged in the pressing condition.

Fig. Q is a detail cross section through one df the pressure applying structures.

Fig. 3 is ay side elevation of the arm pressing members in effective position.

Preferably, my invention embodies a shoulder piece 2 to be disposed within the shoulders of a coat for instance .of a suit of clothes` and through this shoulder support is arranged a shank 3 which is prefer-V ably provided at its ,upper end with a hook 4 to engage any suitable primary support. The lower end of the shank 3 is also provided with a hook 5 to receive a pressing device to he explained hereinafter for pressing trousers. Adjacent the upper end of the shank there is provided a cross piece 6 constituting a hanger or support, the ends of which are shown .upturned as at 7. The cross piece 6 is spaced above the shoulder member 2 a suitable distance so as to provide for the arrangement .of the collar and shoulders of la coat below the cross piece 6.

Pressing means are supported upon ,the

ends of the cross piece 6 to engage and compress the sleeves of the coat which are indicated at S in dotted lines, The sleeve pressing ineans includes an outer panel 10 of suitable material and having a plane inner surface which is preferably covered with a soft or pad like material, which may consist of a layer of felt 11. The outer panel of .the sleeve pressing means 11 is of elongated form and of sutlicient width to practically cover the sleeve below the arm pit, on one side, and the .upper end of this member is provided with any suitable device for suspending it from the cross piece 6. Such device may consist of a single loop or bight of strap or cord like material 12 so that the outer panel 10 can be independently supported. Opposed to the inside of the panel 10 is an inside sleeve ressing panel 13 of substantially similar orin to the outer panel except `that the upper end of the inside panel 13 is cut away as at 13 `to pass ,up under the arm pit .of the sleeve. This enables the two panels 10 and 13 to be adjusted upon the inside and outside of the sleeve Iand well up toward the shoulder of the sleeve, so that when the panels are firmly pressed together the sleeve will be neatly pressed and have folds or seams along its frontI and rear portions.

To secure the desired pressure upon the inclosed sleeve. ay simple device is Shown as consisting of a resilienty arm k15 passing around the outer side of the outer panel 10 and carrying a thumb screw 16 in its free end and upon which is lnounted a swiveled bottom 17 shown in section in Fig. 2. The opposite end of the resilient arm 15 is provided with a flattened lug 15 perforated to receive a pivot screw 18 upon which is mounted a wing nut 19. The screw 18 passes through a lug 20 opposed to the lug 15 yand is provided on the rear end of an arm 21 which may be of strap iron extending across and secured to the inside panel 13. The strap iron 21 therefore forms a transverse brace across `the panel and also forms a su port for the screw 18 about which may iie swung or adjusted the resilient pressure producing arm 15. After the sleeve has been embraced between panels 10 and 13, the desired pressure is secured by `swinging the arm 15 across the outer panel 10 ,and then turning the `thumb screw .so as to press the swivel bottom 17 against the outside of the panel which may be reinforced as by a strap iron 10.

Each of the sleeve pressing panels is provided with a suspending device 19J as above mentioned, and there is a pair of the sleeve pressing devices incorporated in the apparatus so that each of the sleeves of a coat can be pressed simultaneously in respective pressing devices.

For pressing the trousers of a suit of clothes, there is provided a pair of complementary and substantially co-extensive presser members, one of which is indicated at 22 and the other at 23, and these are each provided at their upper ends with separate and independent hooks 24 to be passed into the hook or eye portion 5 at the lower end of the shank 3 of the support. This enables the suspension of the two presser panels 22 and 23 loosely from the hook 5 so that a pair of trousers as indicated at T in dotted lines can be introduced therebetween, and then a pressure arm 15, of which a suitable number is provided can be swung upwardly from the dotted line position, Fig. 1, to the full line position to enable the adjustment of the thumb screws 1G to secure the desired pressure. It is understood that the trouser pressing panels 22 and 23 are provided with pressure effecting means 21 and 15 as above described with relation to the sleeve pressing device.

The improved pressing means including the complementary panel members of a given set obviously can be constructed an arranged and designed for the effective pressing of other articles of wearing apparel, such for instance as neckties, etc., which can be readily introduced between the co-ordinate panels and the. pressure brought to bear by the adjustment of the thumb screw 16 of the respective pressure arms 15.

From the above it will be seen that the panel members of each pressing device are substantially independent of each other and they may be readily separated to permit the insertion of a piece of apparel to be pressed by the dislocation of the respective resilient pressure arms 15. After the article to be pressed is inserted, the arms 15 are swung into position transversely across the pressing panel and then the thumb screw 16 is set up to press the one member toward the other while embracing the article.

Various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. A device for pressing pliant pieces of wearing apparel comprising a pair of panel members of substantially co-extensive form in outline and between which may be disposed the article to be pressed, and a resilient element connected to one of the panels and adapted to be transversely adjusted across the other panel and rarrying an adjustable part for pressing the opposed panels one against the other.

2. A device for pressing pliant wearing apparel and comprising a panel member having at one side a pait provided with a pivot member, a resilient arm mounted upon said pivot member, and a second panel adapted to be disposed opposite the first panel and across which the resilient arm is adapted to be arranged transversely, said arm carrying an adjustable part for pressing one panel against the other.

3. A device for pressing pliant articles of wearing apparel and comprising a pair of relativel disconnected pressure panels, and a plurality of resilient pressure arms pivotally connected to one of said panels and adapted to be adjusted across the outside of the other panel for pressing one of the panels toward the other.

4. A device for pressing pliant articles of wearing apparel and comprising a` pair of relatively disconnected pressure panels, a plurality of resilient pressure arms pivotally connected to one of said panels and adapted to be adjusted across the outside of the other panel for pressing one of the panels toward the other, and means for regulating the degree of pressure of one panel on the other.

5. Apparel pressing means comprising a pair of opposed panel like members of substantially similar form, and means for pressing one of the panels toward the other upon the interposed piece of apparel, each of the panel members being provided on its effective pressing face with a pad like cover and said means for )ressing comprising a resilient arm extending over one panel and secured at its end remote from said panel to a strap which is rigidly connected with the other panel.

6. A suit pressing apparatus comprising in combination, a shoulder piece upon which the shoulders of a coat may be arranged, a transverse carrying member connected to and spaced above the shoulder piece, and sleeve pressing means connected to and suspended from the ends of the transverse carrying member and adapted to respectively embrace and press a sleeve at each side of the coat.

7. A suit pressing apparatus comprising in combination, a shoulder piece upon which the shoulders of a coat may be arranged, a transverse carrying member connected to and spaced above the shoulder piece, sleeve pressing means connected to and suspended from the ends of the transverse carrying member and adapted to respectively embrace and press a sleeve at each side of the coat, and means for pressing a pair of trousers; the several parts being combined to form a suit pressing unit.

8` A suit pressing apparatus comprising;f a shank member adapted to be attached to a primary support, a carrying member attached to the shank`r sleeve pressing means suspended from the ends of the carrying member, a shoulder piece spaced below the carrying member and mounted on the shank to receive the shoulders of an applied coat and support the same while the sleeve pressing means are applied, and a trouser press ing means attached to the lower end of the shank.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

ROBERT HARTWIG. 

